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Two awesome GT350Rs from The Brothers Collection. The letter “R” has been used for years to designate “Race” of some sort, and although the term “Race” has been used pretty loosely in recent years, they took it seriously in the 1960s. For example, the R-Code 427 Fords of the day were high-compression, tight-tolerance machines that were far happier on the race track than they were i...

Today, we’re taking a look at two Muscle Car Icons… a 1970 Dodge Challenger 426 Hemi Convertible and a 1969 Ford Mustang BOSS 429. We’ve shown each of these cars individually, but chose to look at them together this time to see how these two very different cars both rose to the top of the Muscle Car ladder.
The Challenger was marketed towards the upscale, personal luxury crowd, even with...

Jeff Smith knew what he wanted to do from his days as a kid working in his Grandfather's service station in Boone, Iowa... and that was to be the Editor of Hot Rod Magazine. He never lost that vision, and made his dream come true, and then some! Smith has held the big chair at some of the top car enthusiast magazines including Hot Rod, Car Craft, Chevy High Performance, and regularly contributes to numerous other titles in print and online. Jeff and Kevin worked together at Petersen Publishing, and Jeff shared some cool stories with Kevin and Mike about magazines, achieving your goals, and some inside info on the cover that nearly cost Jeff his job! (Hint... it was the cover featuring the icon kustom CadZZilla!) There's also the usual automotive trivia and a bunch of laughs and you've got another fun episode of the V8 Radio Podcast!

This 1967 Ford Mustang lived a full life, and eventually it was torn down for a restoration to repair rust and damage to the body. Unfortunaltely, the shop doing the work couldn't complete the task, so the car came to the V8 Speed & Resto Shop for completion. Our technicians inspected the car and after chatting with the owner, it was decided that much of the metalwork on the '67 could have been of a higher level of quality, so our team is working to bring the car to a higher level, as it's been in the owner's family since 1973!

This cool 1957 Ford Thunderbird came to the V8 Speed & Resto Shop in tribute to the owner's Father who owned several of these cool Birds over the years. Today, we're going to make this one more powerful and reliable for years of trouble-free cruising. The V8 Speed & Resto Shop team will be installing a custom chassis, complete with Wilwood brakes, coil-over shocks, and upgrade the sway bars for better handling. The 'Bird will have far more Thunder thanks to a new Ford Racing 5.0 V8 cranking out 430 HP and over 400 lbs.-ft. of torque. Additionally, we're installing a 6-speed automatic transmission spinning that steam back to a new 9" rear axle. Upgraded audio and lighting will make it even more fun to drive. Follow along as we make the upgrades on this slick '57!

Part of the fun of owning an old car is the seemingly endless stack of projects that go along with them. On this episode of the V8 Radio Podcast, Mike Clarke and Kevin Oeste catch up on some of the projects they are working on in their home garages, including Mike's 1967 Pontiac GTO and Kevin's 1970 Buick Riviera. There's also the usual automotive trivia, with a couple of good questions this time for sure. Throw in a few laughs and you've got another fun episode of the V8 Radio Podcast!

This 1972 Pontiac Firebird Formula 455 4-Speed is a very rare car, and it was recently treated to a complete restoration. It's a very nice car, and the new owner wants us at the V8 Speed & Resto Shop to add a few original options to the car to make it a duplicate of the '72 Pontiac Firebird Forumla 455 he bought new!

This 1969 Chevrolet Camaro is a project we're bringing to completion at the V8 Speed & Resto Shop. The car is powered by a dry-sump Chevrolet LT4 supercharged V8, and features some awesome performance parts on board. Follow along as we bring it back from the boxes!